Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Barnes, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Austin Barnes registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Austin Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Barnes
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Barneses elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 15 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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